4/9/25 Livestream #12

20:24 My interests/expertise in philosophy & Objectivism

30:47 The (dictionary) definition of selfishness

56:26 Call re: publishing with Latent Prion

1:20:17 Call re: Objectivism's epistemology, etc. with Sacnam B

#aynrand #objectivism #philosophy

4/5/25 Livestream #11

16:16 Discussing/debating Israel with chat

1:12:55 Call w/ FriendHarper

#aynrand #objectivism #israel #gaza #lebanon #plo #arafat

4/2/25 livestream #10

0:00 Intro, miscellaneous

16:50 Cory Booker segment and my comments on it

47:01 The problem of induction

1:35:55 Debating politics with a listener to The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

2:35:40 Post-debate chat, outro

My last call to The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder, which was mentioned in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4nISYYkxZg

#aynrand #majorityreport #samseder #capitalism #freedom #coercion #medicare #medicaid #socialsecurity #government #force

Elijah's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spotlight7227

0:00 Intro to Objectivism

6:49 Whom do I disagree with the most?

10:19 Objectivist morality, lying, saving a drowning child, religion, persuading people

40:24 Objectivist politics, taxes and regulations; personalizing the issue of force; other countries

1:00:10 Can someone benefit from being coerced? Career example; mob rule and democracy; island example; "you could move"; private charity

1:28:17 Outro

24:35 I misspeak. I meant to say, "We want people to be rational" (not irrational).

#aynrand #ethics #politics #objectivism #egoism #capitalism

3/29/25 livestream #9

Here is the OCON live session of the Yaron Brook Show which I participated in and which Meghann and I briefly discussed. My segment starts at 1:25:42 (the following link should take you to that spot) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_BOjmKgwWY&t=5142s

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3/26/25 livestream #8

3/22/25 livestream #7

#aynrand #philosophy #objectivism #meritocracy #euromaidan #alexepstein

3/17/25 livestream #6

Here is Benjamin's list of questions, the first three of which we discuss in this livestream: https://benjaminstringer.substack.com/p/questions-for-readers

3/14/25 livestream #5

0:25 I start talking; preliminaries

21:03 I engage with chatters: following the news (or not), my podcast diet

Sevak ("New Intellectuals Community" in the chat)

34:06 Intro to me, Alex Epstein

39:56 Intro to Sevak

47:05 Trump, January 6, term limits

59:17 Objectivist political parties

1:01:48 Objectivism and education, Montessori

Marc (audio only)

1:05:39 Dealing with irrational people

[more timestamps may be added later]

Closing

The YouTube live chat log is pasted in the comment section. It should also appear on YouTube (in its original form, in the "Live chat replay" panel) within 24 hours of the start of the stream.

3/12/25 livestream #4

3:40 I start talking

22:01 Carol Stoddard joins, her discovery of Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged

27:11 Zoom tests with Carol

36:40 Teleology and Kant

48:30 Nixon, Watergate, Ayn Rand and "Philosophy: Who Needs It" https://courses.aynrand.org/works/philosophy-who-needs-it/?nab=1

1:01:06 Closing

I expect the live chat replay to show up on YouTube in 12-24 hours from the time the Livestream began. In the meantime, I've pasted a copy of it in the comments.

#aynrand #objectivism #teleology, #kant #atlasshrugged